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		rglovejoy on March 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boaty McBoatface: What You Get When You Let the In... Back in the 90's, People magazine ran an internet competition for the most beautiful person alive. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf won by a mile.

donretag on March 22, 2016 [–]

That is the first thing that came to my mind as well. Must have been the first popular internet voting campaign to go wrong.

And for those that do not know the story, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf (RIP) was very much a real person.

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